A Time to Stand story
Three months into the war, DS9 is still under Dominion control. Sisko and his crew are given a mission to destroy a vital Ketracel White facility deep in Dominion space using a captured Jem'Hadar ship. Jake is working for the Federation News Service. Odo is head of Terok Nor's security supported by the Vorta Weyoun. Directed by: Allan Kroeker. Story by: Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler.
14 total · 2 major · 12 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with the defeat of one's people | major | seventh fleet had been wiped out and things were grim on space station |
| what it is like to live through a military occupation | major | We saw the space station people adjusting to life under Dominion occupation. |
| coping with a loved one being in peril | minor | Benjamin and Joseph Sisko worried about Jake serving as a war correspondent on the space station |
| coping with an arrogant jerk | minor | Garak hypocritically complained about Julian being smug and superior |
| cross cultural romance | minor | Worf and Jadzia about slaughtering a targ before the wedding |
| engaged couple | minor | Jadzia and Worf plan their traditional Klingon wedding ceremony |
| father and son | minor | Joseph Sisko criticized Benjamin for leaving Jake behind on the space station; Benjamin worried about Jake being in danger working as a war correspondent |
| genetic engineering in society | minor | Garak criticized Julian for letting his superior genetically engineered mind get to his head. |
| genetically engineered soldier | minor | Weyoun supplied Jem'Hadar soldiers with the drug they were genetically engineered to crave |
| hollowed out asteroid habitat | minor | The Defiant crew blew up a Jem'Hadar hollowed out asteroid storage facility. |